One American soldier killed and two others wounded by the Taliban

One American soldier was killed and two wounded Saturday in southern Afghanistan, "apparently" by local recruits. Selobn the operation of
NATO Resolute Support (RS), two other soldiers were "injured and are in stable condition. They are currently receiving medical care. "

If in his statement RS that does not specify where this attack took place, an Afghan police officer told AFP that the incident had occurred at Tarinkot airport, the provincial capital of Uruzgan where the Taliban are very active and active

One or more Afghan soldiers opened fire on the American instructors

NATO evokes an "apparent attack from within" which means that one or more Afghan soldiers opened fire on American instructors training and mentoring government forces. On Twitter, the Taliban announced that an "Afghan patriot" had "opened fire on Americans in Uruzgan killing and injuring at least four of them."

The last American soldier killed in Afghanistan had fallen during fighting in Nangarhar Province, in the east, on 1 January. Four others had been wounded in the Achin district, a stronghold of the Islamic State group that has since been largely taken over by Afghan and American forces.

In 2017, 11 American soldiers were killed

This attack is the second deadly incident to hit American forces since the beginning of the year. In 2017, 11 American soldiers were killed. Some 14,000 American soldiers are deployed in Afghanistan in support of the Afghan forces they train and accompany in operation, as part of the fight against terrorism.

They constitute the bulk of the 16,000 men of Operation Resolute Support commanded by US General John Nicholson, who is preparing to give way to US Special Forces General Scott Miller. As a reminder, the Afghan war, which has been going on for seventeen years, is to this day
the longest in the US military who lost more than 2,400 men in the country and
registered about 20,000 wounded.

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